Senior Backend Engineer, Scalable APIs

Roberts Recruiting, LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology recruiting firm in Boston is seeking a skilled Software Engineer, Back End. The role involves developing performant APIs and ensuring high-quality, maintainable software solutions. Candidates should have 2-10+ years of software development experience, a commitment to quality, and familiarity with AWS is preferred. This is an opportunity to join a collaborative team focused on customer needs in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 2-10+ years professional experience developing software.
• Understanding of software design principles including versioning and micro-services.
• Prior experience working in a fast-paced, agile environment is required.

Responsibilities

• Implement performant APIs according to specifications.
• Maintain organizational consistency with API design patterns.
• Ensure all APIs are fully tested in an automated framework.
• Collaborate with the engineering team and cross-functional stakeholders.

Skills

Customer focus

Software design

Communication skills

Ability to learn new technologies

Results oriented

Tools

AWS

Job description

Software/Senior/Principal Engineer, Back End

We are a company dedicated to harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet. With a vision of creating a world where farming is an economically desirable and accessible profession, we work alongsidegrowers to apply natural approaches, conserve resources for future generations, and grow healthy food for all.

The Software Engineer, Back End will engineer interfaces for our customer-facing applications and backend data solutions that support large-scale data transport. This person is responsible for maximizing reusability and testability of the software. This person will also be a critical member of a highly efficient and cohesive engineering team that is focused on the customer’s needs and requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Implement performant APIs according to well-defined technical specifications
• Leverage existing API design patterns to maintain organizational consistency
• Ensure that all APIs are fully tested in an automated framework, including functional and performance tests
• Work collaboratively with rest of Engineering team and cross-functional stakeholders
• Extremely focused on the customer (Application Developer, Data Engineer) and their API needs
• Deep commitment to quality, reliability, scalability and maintainability
• Works and interacts well with software engineering, product management, customers, and non-technical users
• Passion for ourmission and values
• Able to learn new technologies quickly and stay up-to-date with best practice trends; not afraid to ask questions
• Results oriented, demonstrating an ability to meet deadlines

Qualifications:

• 2-10+ years professional experience developing software
• Understanding of software design, including versioning, isolation and micro-services
• Familiarity with AWS preferred
• Prior experience working in a fast-paced, agile environment required